A review by raereadssmut
Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This bookโ€ฆโ€ฆwas so beautifully tragic. 

๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€”๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก.

I cried like a baby when Kellan died. Charlie however is a survivor. She pushed through her fear and her reward was life and happiness. 
Hearing Tateโ€™s POV added much needed context because you can see heโ€™s struggling and heโ€™s falling down a dark hole that he canโ€™t escape from, until he finally does. His reward was life and happiness. 
I loved Charlie and Tate ending up together, it was perfectly executed and at times so heartbreaking. I was rooting for Tate so hard when he was at his rock bottom. I was so happy when he finally allowed himself to love and be loved!